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Edward A. Murphy Jr.

1918 - 1990

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Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward A. Murphy Jr. has received more than 377,162 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Edward A. Murphy Jr. is the 79th most popular engineer (down from 41st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Panama (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Engineer.

Murphy is most famous for his "Murphy's Law," which states that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Edward A. Murphy Jr. has had the most page views in the with 63,013 views, followed by Spanish (16,899), and Persian (9,146). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (132.35%), Esperanto (77.55%), and Bulgarian (45.69%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 79 out of 389. Before him are Adam Czerniaków, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mikhail Gurevich, Marcel Renault, Józef Bem, and Henri Farman. After him are André Courrèges, Henry Royce, Kurt Tank, Jack Swigert, Mikhail Mil, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 73. Before him are Edwin G. Krebs, Takashi Kasahara, Robert Aldrich, John Forsythe, João Figueiredo, and Konstantinos Mitsotakis. After him are Spiro Agnew, B. K. S. Iyengar, Fernando Peyroteo, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, and Jin Youzhi. Among people deceased in 1990, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 57. Before him are Jill Ireland, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Soupault, Sammy Davis Jr., and Aaron Copland. After him are Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Stewart Bell, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Jim Henson, Tadeusz Kantor, and Arthur Kennedy.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 6 out of 71. Before him are John McCain (1936), Manuel Noriega (1934), Carlos Fuentes (1928), Omar Torrijos (1929), and Roberto Durán (1951). After him are Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Billy Cobham (1944), Diego de Almagro II (1520), and Mireya Moscoso (1946).

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Among ENGINEERS In Panama

Among engineers born in Panama, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 1. 

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